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marmor
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Danish
Noun
marmor n (singular definite marmoret, not used in plural form)
- marble (crystalline limestone)
Latin
Alternative forms
- marmur (Late Latin, proscribed)
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek μάρμαρος (mármaros).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈmar.mɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈmar.mor]
Noun
marmor n (genitive marmoris); third declension
- (geology) a block or piece of marble
- pulverized marble, marble dust
- (in the plural) a marble pavement
- (architecture) a marble statue; marble building
- (figuratively) the surface of the sea; the sea
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
Derived terms
- marmor Pentelicum
- marmorārius
- marmoreus
- marmorō
- marmorōsus
- marmusculum
Related terms
- marmorātiō
- marmorātum
Descendants
Descendants
- Lombard: marmor
- → Albanian: marmur
- Aragonese: marbre
- Aromanian: marmurã, marmuri
- Asturian: mármole, mármol
- Catalan: marbre
- Friulian: marmul
- Galician: mármore
- → Old High German: marmul
- German: Murmel
- → German: Marmor
- Italian: marmo
- Occitan: marbre, marme
- Old French: marbre
- → Old Irish: marmar
- → Polish: marmur
- Portuguese: mármore
- Romanian: marmură
- Romansch: marmel
- → Russian: мрамор (mramor)
- Sardinian: màrmuri, màrmuru
- Sicilian: màrmuru
- Spanish: mármol
- Venetan: marmo, màrmaro, màlmaro
- → Welsh: marmor
References
- “marmor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “marmor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- "marmor", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to make a marble statue: simulacrum e marmore facere
- to make a marble statue: simulacrum e marmore facere
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Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Borrowed from German Marmor, from Latin marmor, from Ancient Greek μάρμαρος (mármaros, “marble, crystalline rock”).
Noun
marmor m or n (definite singular marmoren or marmoret)
- (mineralogy) marble (type of limestone)
References
- “marmor” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Borrowed from German Marmor, from Latin marmor, from Ancient Greek μάρμαρος (mármaros, “marble, crystalline rock”).
Noun
marmor m or n (definite singular marmoren or marmoret)
- (mineralogy) marble (type of limestone)
References
- “marmor” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Romanian
Noun
marmor n (plural marmoare)
- alternative form of marmură
Declension
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish marmar, from Latin marmor, from Ancient Greek μάρμαρος (mármaros). Doublet of marbal.
Noun
marmor m (genitive singular marmoir, no plural)
- marble (stone)
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish marmor(sten), from Latin marmor, from Ancient Greek μάρμαρος (mármaros), perhaps related to μαρμαίρειν (marmaírein, “to gleam”). First attested in the early 15th century (in the compound marmorsten).
Noun
marmor c (uncountable)
- marble (rock of crystalline limestone)
Declension
Related terms
References
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Welsh
Etymology
From Latin marmor, from Ancient Greek μάρμαρος (mármaros).
Noun
marmor m (usually uncountable, plural marmorau)
- marble (stone)
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
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